On Nov. 17, 2017, the military commission in United States v. al-Nashiri reconvened for the purpose of receiving testimony from Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky, an ethics advisor to defendant’s learned couns...

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Following the events of Nov. 13 summarized in the last post in this series, the military commission in United States v. al-Nashiri reconvened on Tuesday, Nov.

When last we left Lawfare readers, the prosecution in the United States v. al-Nashiri military commission had begun “preadmission” of evidence despite the ongoing refusal of defense counsel to participate.

President Trump designated North Korea a sponsor of terrorism on Monday, returning it to the list of official state sponsors along with Iran, Sudan and Syria.